Lapis Lazuli's Screw Up

"Yes! Very good, Steven!" Pearl cheered as she stabbed his bubble with her trident. The pierce was heard through almost the whole beach. Lapis sat and watched from the sidelines. "But how about this?!" She jumps onto the bubble to propel herself above her competitor. She throws her trident at the ground in front of Steven. Then another until they surround him.

"Wha?.." He looks at Pearl as she lands gracefully about 8 meters away, trying to figure her plan out. She smiles in a friendly but dastardly way as she raises her hand to her face and snaps her fingers. The tridents around Steven glow and emit a growing high-pitched wail. "Ah!" He removes his bubble and jumps into the air. The tridents explode causing much sand to rise. As Steven floats high above, he spawns a shield in each hand and starts throwing them at Pearl as he spawned more and more.

"Too easy." She dodges them all one by one with twists and hops and no struggle. She catches the last one between the points of her trident and flings it away from her. "Sorry, Steven, not enough." She smiles with lowered eyelids. Just then a shield hits the back of her head and flys at Steven who catches it. He shows off a cheeky grin.

"More like 'one too many'.." He nearly chuckles.

"Getting confident now, are you?" She smiles as she aims her trident at him and charges full speed. Steven readies his shield to block her frontal attack. "This is it, Steven! Prepare yourself!"

"Bring it on!" The ends of Pearl's trident start to glow. Once at a good distance, she shot lasers from all three ends. These lasers circled Steven and approached from behind and above. "Oh, man!" Everything collided in a sandy explosion.

"Ooo.." Lapis watched. As the sand cleared, their shadows became more visible. Pearl was seen with her trident near Steven's neck as he laid down on the floor. They both panted and stared at each other for a while before Pearl sighed.

"Haha.." She despawned her weapon and stood up straight. "Great job, Steven. You had me at almost my full force."

"Aw.. If only I lasted longer.." Pearl helped him up. "Pearl," Steven held on to her hand. "one day I'm gonna give you the best fight you've ever had!" He assured her.

"Oh, Steven." She rubs his hand with her fingers as she blushed.

"Hey, Steven!" Lapis stood up. "I've been waiting a lot. Are you ready for me?"

"Yes!" He let go of Pearl and waved.

"Uh, Steven, are you sure about this?.." Pearl asked with her fingers intertwined. "Lapis is very powerful.."

"Yeah, but she knows to go easy on me." He smiled.

".. Okay, if you really think so." Pearl walked away with a shoulder raise. "A clean fight, you two." Then jumped to the temple. Steven spawned his shield on his arm.

"Alright, Lapis. You really want me?" He took a ready stance.

"I want you alllll over me." She rose a watery arm from the ocean. Steven released a battle cry as he charged. Pearl enters Steven's room to see Peridot and Amethyst playing a video on the bed and Garnet looking through a cook book on the couch.

"How did it go?" Garnet asked with her eyes still on the book.

"Oh, Steven did excellent." Pearl walked to her. "He's been improving so much lately. It makes me so proud."

"Stop mashing buttons! This is a technical fighter!" Peridot complained as she battled Amethyst on the game. "The joy from these games comes from defeating your opponent through well placed hits and timed combos!"

"Combos, shrombos! Hah! I'm doing fine this way!" She grins.

"Did you know that bread is made from wheat?" Garnet asked. "Strange.."

"Help!" Lapis kicked the door open with Steven unconscious in her arms.

"Steven!" The other gems exclaim and approach Lapis. Amethyst leap frogs herself over Peridot who groans then moves her hair out of the way and stumbles along. Lapis sets Steven down on the floor.

"What happened?!" Pearl demanded. Lapis put her hands on Steven's chest.

"I-I-I forgot that Steven couldn't breath under water and ended up suffocating him!"

"I left for one minute! Fifty-two seconds actually!" Pearl grabbed her own hair.

"Are you freaking crazy!" Amethyst joined.

"I'm soooorryyyy!" Lapis' eyes teared.

"Stop it! All of you!" Garnet looked at Peridot. "Can your device help at all?" The green gem stared at Steven.

"... Oh! R-Right!" She raises her wrist and uses her touch pad. "The internet will know what to do!" She opens her internet app and searches. "Human.. suffocation ...from water.." The gems all stare in anxiety. "... ARRGGHHH! Load faster!" She hops up and down.

"Smack it!" Amethyst advises.

"Try reasoning with it!" Pearl argues.

"No! What?!" Peridot looks at her device. "Oh! Uh.. Uh!... Here! C-.. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.."

"What?.." Lapis squints as she holds Steven.

"Now Perry's suffocating!" Amethyst yells.

"Those are words!" Pearl corrects.

"So there's a way to help him!" Garnet assures.

"Ugh..." Peridot read the page frantically. "Yes!"

"I'll do it!" Lapis decides.

"Ohhh, no." Pearl interrupts with her hand halted at her. "You are not touching this boy for a while." She sat closer to Steven who Lapis reluctantly set back down. "I'll do it. Peridot, what must I do?" She asked couragously.

"Y-... You must pinch his nose and open his mouth. Then place your mouth on his and breath into him two times." Peridot read off.

".. Whaaat?" Pearl lost all her confidence and blushed.

"Do it, P!" Amethyst cheered.

"Pearl!" Garnet yelled.

"Okay! Okay!" She opened Steven's mouth with the pinch technique. She leaned over with her face near his. "Sorry, Steven.." She blushed and did as she was told. She rose up. "... Nothing's happening!" She worries.

"Use your tongue!" Amethyst suggests.

"No!" Peridot contradicts. "If that doesn't work alone,..." She looks at the pad. "You must place your hands together on his chest and pump into it at a moderate pace!"

"O-Okay!.." Pearl does so.

"Now when pumped enough, you must alternate between that and using your mouth!" Peridot directs.

"Oh, please!" Pearl's face darkens again as she joins her lips with Steven's again. As she was about to pump his chest again, he jerked up and coughed himself awake, spitting out any water he had swallowed.

"Agh.. Lapis?" He looks around and looks at Lapis with a worried look. She weakly smiled at him. "Uh.."

"Steven!" The other gems hugged him.

"My internet expertise saved you!" Peridot bragged as she gripped his left arm. They all then glared at Lapis coldly. Steven looked worried.

"Lapis.." Garnet stood up and slowly walked to the blue gem. Lapis lowered her head and prepared for the worst.

"Wait, Garnet!" Steven ran to Lapis' side. "She's not used to controlling her powers to my level! It's not her fault!" He defended with his arms up. Garnet stared at him. "She thought I was stronger than I actually was.." Garnet kept staring. "She.. She obviously feels bad and knows her mistake."

"... Okay." Garnet said softly and picked up the cook book.

"What?!" Pearl complained.

"Learn to control those powers as soon as possible, Lapis." Garnet told her as she walked by to her room.

"Y-Yeah.." Lapis blushed. Pearl and Amethyst sighed and walked upstairs.

"At least you two don't live with her." Peridot joked and went to continue her game with Amethyst.

"Thanks, Steven." Lapis smiled at him but quickly frowned in sadness. "Damn.. I really am a monster.."

"You're not. A monster has no regrets." Steven held her hand. "And even if you were somehow a monster, you'd still be the cutest monster ever." Lapis snorted as she laughed.

"You never give up on me.." She looked at him with loving eyes. "I have to repay you somehow for all your niceness."

"Just keep being you!" Steven let go of her and sat on the couch.

"Oh, come on, I wanna get you something." She joined him. "I just have to figure out what.." She thought.